"Jurgen, many people say that you are the pioneer of the tactical reform of the German national team, Loew is a step after you, you can be said to be in the same line, then, I believe that all the fans want to be able to hear, in your mind, what is the big difference between Yang Cheng's German national team and your national team?"

This was when the German team drew 3:3 with the United States at home, and the German reporter went to interview the head coach of the American national team, who is also the former head coach of the German national team, Jürgen? Klinsmann, now the Golden Bomber, lives in the United States all year round and is ridiculed by many fans as an American.

Perhaps seeing that Klinsmann was a little hesitant and thinking about something, the reporter quickly asked another question, "Or, we can look at it this way, you led the United States team to draw 3:3 away to Germany, which is aiming to win the European Cup and the World Cup, can you talk about the advantages and disadvantages of this team?" ”

Klinsmann smiled with a very American politician flavor, "I think that the draw in this game can actually be seen as an attempt by Yang Cheng to some extent, and I really feel that he is making some new attempts in this game, a new idea!" ”

"Can you tell us more about that?" The journalist asked.

"I told my players before the game to be aware of the pressure the ball was on the German half, because the shortcomings of the German team are very obvious, the defenders are very high, the frontal defense is very good, but the turn is slow and the recovery is slow. As a result, he has not moved the defensive line and the key pressing area forward in the past. ”

"But in this game, I found something very peculiar, which was that the German defence started to try to press, and I can understand that. Because with the increase of Germany's fame and strength, more and more opponents will definitely adopt some conservative postures when facing the German team. ”

"When the opponent takes a tight defense. And when they began to play counter-attacks consciously and purposefully, the problems of the German team were very obvious. That is, they must press up, and Yang Cheng must give a new solution to solve the risk problem of the team's press. ”

After listening to this, the reporter couldn't help but affirm, "According to what you say, Yang Cheng must not have solved this series of problems, does this mean that you are personally not optimistic about the future and prospects of the German team in the European Cup?" ”

Klinsmann listened. couldn't help laughing, shaking his head again and again, "Don't say that!" ”

Yang Cheng once supported Klinsmann's re-election, which made Klinsmann very grateful to him, and Klinsmann himself admitted that his coaching style, especially in the way of scientific training, was directly influenced by Yang Cheng, so he chose to go to the United States for further study.

All the time. Klinsmann has a lot of respect for Yang Cheng's tactics and his person, so he won't fall for reporters.

"I think Germany is in an awkward position at the moment, and you say he's strong. He is indeed very strong, he can play some good-looking and good-sounding victories when facing some opponents, especially under the coaching of Yang Cheng, the attack is very sharp, but you say that he is weak, he is indeed very weak. ”

"In today's German football, if you want to find a convincing central defender, it is really very difficult, Kyle has no problem with his own ability, but his body is a big hidden danger, so Yang Cheng in the selection of central defenders, it can even be said that there is no very good choice, Bad Stuber, Mertesacker and Hummels, undoubtedly, these three players are very good candidates, but the shortcomings are very similar, there is no complementarity at all, even Jérôme he tried? The same goes for Boateng. ”

"I found this problem in the game, so we contracted the defense to counterattack, and the result was one by one, I believe that Yang Cheng himself is very clear about the problem, but for the time being, he does not have a very effective solution, because where his candidates are, he has no players to choose."

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When the reporter heard this, he couldn't help but smile, "Yang Cheng's good friend Gran? Nack once joked, if you give Yang Cheng a Thiago? Silva, Germany's top favourites for the European Championships. ”

Who knows, Klinsmann shook his head vigorously, "No, you don't need Thiago?" Silva, give him a Kompany, the German team will be very good, the latter's performance in Belgium is really eye-catching, Yang Cheng has cultivated an outstanding central defender! ”

"A lot of reporters have said that it was a chaotic game, what do you personally think?" The reporter asked again.

Klinsmann put on his trademark politician grin again, "Of course it's going to be confusing, but I think Yang Cheng should get something out of this game, and he'll see some issues that reporters and even we can't see." ”

"So, you are still full of confidence in Yang Cheng?" The reporter asked again.

Klinsmann nodded, "Yes, there is no doubt that I am a fan and a die-hard supporter of him, and I firmly believe that he has brought and continues to bring some more positive changes to the German national team, and he has hopes to succeed in this national team." ”

"Tell me about it!" The reporter instigated.

Klinsmann nodded, "Let's put it this way, when I first accepted the German team, Loew and I knew very well that if we wanted to change the old German team of the past, we had to inject something new, so we put a lot of emphasis on the speed of the transition between attack and defense, because we both knew very well that to get good results, we would play defensive counter-attack. ”

"Didn't you just ask, what is the difference between the German team led by Yang Cheng and the German team under me and Loew? I think the biggest difference is that he doesn't have to use a stopwatch to count the team's passing and counter-attacking times like Loew and I did, and he doesn't have to do that. ”

"As I said, since I took charge of the German team, I think the best thing Germany has done is the quick counter-attack after the ball breaks, and a lot of people have said that I and Loew, especially Loew, he plays attacking football, in fact, I don't think it's exactly. Because the German team itself in Loew's time also positioned itself as an underdog. ”

"I think a very important reason for Loew's failure is that he lacks the consciousness of being strong, and even I am not enough, but Yang Cheng has a strong sense of being strong. He was born to be synonymous with victory, and he led an invincible team that spanned the Europa League and the world. He was born to be strong, and his purpose was to conquer and defeat his opponents. ”

"So even if Loew is in charge of Germany, there are a lot of goals. But in fact, if you pay attention to the deeper things, you will find that in fact, Loew's team's attacking methods are more of the kind of quick counter-attack, and Loew's team is hardly proactive in pressing tactics. ”

But Yang Cheng is different, as soon as he came, he asked the players to work hard, saying that he wanted to win the World Cup in 2014, positioning himself in the position of a strong man, high and high. Other opponents are not as good as him, which means that his positioning of the German team is more active to beat the opponent and bid farewell to the underdog mentality of the past. ”

"Let's say that the German team can win big in the past, it is by taking the initiative to show weakness, to make the opponent have the illusion of taking the initiative to attack, and then create a loophole. The German team then seized the loophole to counterattack, but if the opponent was too strong, or did not show the loophole, or even the German team did not seize the loophole, then the German team's attack would become useless. ”

"Euro 08 final against Spain. The German team has almost no way to fight back, in fact, because Spain is too strong, and because the mentality of the German team has led to its all-round passivity from the beginning, and then it was completely overwhelmed by Spain, which is amazingly controlled, a bit similar to last season's Champions League final, Real Madrid suppressed Chelsea's game, a classic! ”

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From Klinsmann's tone, it is not difficult to hear his appreciation and admiration for Yang Cheng.

"But Yang Cheng is not ready to take this route of me and Loew, he positions the team and himself on the strong, takes the initiative to press the attack, and actively invests in the attack, regardless of whether the opponent has loopholes, I will play the football I want to play, if you have loopholes, I will seize your loopholes, if you have no loopholes, I will desperately create loopholes for you, and then seize your loopholes!"

"Maybe on the surface, this tactic of the German team seems to be no different, but in fact, this fundamental reform is equivalent to a complete rebuilding of a German team, and it turns out that with the addition of Yang Cheng, more and more opponents will adopt a relatively weak posture to face Germany, so Yang Cheng's tactical play is very worthy of recognition."

The reporter smiled secretly in his heart, in the end, it was the head coach of football, and when he introduced the field he was best at, he was a little gushing and couldn't contain the momentum, and from Klinsmann's words, he could hear that the golden bomber gave Yang Cheng's current coaching a very high affirmation, but his words were still a little worried.

"Do you think the German team has a chance at next year's European Championship?" The reporter asked the last question.

Klinsmann thought for a while, nodded and said: "There must be a chance, but I think that the favorite is Spain, and the German team wins the championship, which is an upset, but what I want to say is that even if the German team does not win the championship in this European Cup, Yang Cheng should not be blamed in any way, because this is not his problem at all, but the problem of the team itself." ”

"This is a bit like defending Yang Cheng!" The reporter laughed.

Klinsmann shook his head, "I still want to see the German team upset!" ”

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Klinsmann's interview made German fans, and even fans all over the world, reacquaint themselves with Yang Cheng's German national team, which seems to have not improved much, but has undergone earth-shaking changes.

There were many international players who came out to say that the national team was completely different from the past, but there were still many people who refused to believe it, but now from the mouth of Klinsmann, the effect can't help but make people unbelievable.

After playing the warm-up plug with the United States team, Yang Cheng led the team to the Netherlands and played a warm-up match with the Netherlands, and the German team defeated the Dutch 3:0 and won a wonderful victory.

In this game, Yang Cheng did not completely negate the changes and adjustments made in the last warm-up game, but in the midfield, Yang Cheng discharged Tony? Cross, Sven? The combination of Bender and Schweinsteiger, plus Tony? Klos and Mesut Ozil make the German team's midfield control very strong.

It is especially commendable. Yang Cheng made Thomas in this game? Muller and Mesut Ozil play two wings, leaving Toney? Klose plays in the midfield, but the position is a little more retracted, Schweinsteiger and Sven? Bender form a double midfielder. This made the German midfield very fluid.

This Bayern Munich's creative combination is full of tacit understanding, especially Tony? Klos and Schweinsteiger, the two work together very well in midfield. It is estimated that this is also what they have accumulated on weekdays, at least Yang Cheng has heard about it. Whether at Bayern Munich or in the German national team, Schweinsteiger and Toney? If Cross forms a partner to play poker, it can be said that he is invincible, and no one can win them, which shows that the tacit understanding is high.

And at the back, Lahm, Bad Stuber, Mertesacker and Jérôme? Boateng's combination also showed a solid side, but it also had a lot to do with the fact that the Dutch striker was Huntelaar, and the Dutch striker was one of the more traditional centre-forwards. It is more in line with the taste of the German team.

The real test of the solidity of the German team's backline is actually when it comes to strikers like Robben, Villa, Aguero, Little Ronaldo and Messi, but the Netherlands did not play Robben and Van Persie in this game, and also hid Van der Vaart, so it can only be said that it is a Dutch second team, which is not very convincing.

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However, Klose's successive goals still showed the steady side of the German striker, and everyone agreed on it. In the European Cup, as long as there are no injuries or illnesses, Klose is still Yang Cheng's first choice.

After the two legs of the play-offs, the last four teams to advance were also newly released, with a hat-trick by Xiao Xiao Luo on aggregate. Eliminated Bosnia and Herzegovina with an aggregate score of 6:2 and successfully entered the European Cup finals.

Hiddink's Turkey first lost 0:3 to Croatia at home, and then drew 0:0 with Croatia away, and finally had no hope of hitting the finals, and Hiddink was also announced to be dismissed by the Turkish Football Association.

Ireland eliminated Estonia 5-1 on aggregate over two legs, while the Czech Republic beat Montenegro 3-0 to make it to the finals.

Immediately after the play-offs, UEFA held a draw in Kiev.

As the head coach of the German team, Yang Cheng appeared in the Ukrainian Palace accompanied by Nilsbach to participate in the draw ceremony, and the arrival of Caesar also made Ukrainian fans excited, thousands of fans gathered outside the Ukrainian Palace, waiting for Yang Cheng's arrival.

Despite their impressive record in the past, Germany are not as good as the Netherlands, who are the first team in the draw along with the hosts Spain, Poland and Ukraine, while Germany are in Pot 2 with Italy, England and Russia, Croatia, Greece, Portugal and Sweden in Pot 3 and Denmark, France, the Czech Republic and Ireland in Pot 4.

Yang Cheng participated in the European Cup draw ceremony for the first time, and when he saw the above list, he was surprised, because he always felt that if the draw was based on such points, and a team was drawn from each bracket to form a group, it would be easy to divide a group of death.

Of course, in fact, almost every team in the round of 16 of the European Cup is a strong team, which makes it so that no matter how the draw is drawn, there will always be some strong dialogues, so Yang Cheng is not surprised at all, but if the opponent is too strong, it will definitely affect his plan.

At the very least, he has to make sure the team is out of shape as soon as possible in the early stages of the cup competition, otherwise it won't be useful to be fit.

The sad thing is that Yang Cheng is obviously not favored by the goddess of fate this time, as the second-tier team, the probability of the German team meeting Poland and Ukraine is similar to the probability of meeting the Netherlands and Spain, but the unlucky German team met the Spanish team, isn't this equivalent to sending the German team to the crater?

The strongest team in the third pot is undoubtedly Portugal, and the European Championship organizing committee does not seem to be afraid of the group of death at all, they drew Portugal to Group B where the German team is located, which undoubtedly made everyone in the audience in an uproar, especially when the team in the fourth pot was drawn, everyone wanted to shout, this signing is really enough to die.

Spain, Germany, Portugal and France, this group of four teams can really be said to be dead to the extreme, because the strength of the four teams is very good, the team in the fourth pot of points is France, but you know, France is in the qualifiers, including Norway, Iceland, Switzerland and many other teams, to the first place in the group to advance to the powerhouse, the strength should not be underestimated.

Moreover, to be honest, Spain is the number one favorite, and the German team is the second favorite, which is tantamount to an early start to the final, and Portugal and France are also the favorites to win the European Cup.

"France have always been very difficult to play against, they are very good and they are hungry for glory now, such a team is enough to give any team a headache, as for Portugal, they are also extraordinary, let alone Spain!"

After the draw ceremony, Yang Cheng was interviewed by reporters, admitting that this draw did create a huge problem for the German team, but he also expressed his very strong self-confidence.

'But for me, the draw was a very desirable result because I was always worried that my team wouldn't be able to meet Spain, that I wanted to get a shame on the World Cup final in South Africa and that I wanted revenge, so I'm very thankful for luck that he allowed us to meet Spain early.'

"And this time, I'm not going to let Spain have the last laugh, we hope the best outcome is to step on Spain's corpse and qualify from the group, that's just wonderful for me!" Yang Cheng jokingly predicted.

But will things really turn out the way he expected?